UN World Water Development Report 2025
<p>For billions of people, mountain meltwater is essential for drinking water and sanitation, food and energy security, and the integrity of the environment. But today, as the world warms, glaciers are
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HKS Snow Update 2025
<p>The HKH Snow Update 2025 highlights a significant decline in seasonal snow across the Hindu Kush Himalaya region, with snow persistence 23.6% below normal — the lowest in 23 years. This trend,
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding forest encroachment in the process of construction of aerial ropeway connecting the base of Savitri Mandir hill to its summit in Pushkar, Rajasthan, 09/04/2025
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zone Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Daulat Ram Vs State of Rajasthan & Others dated 09/04/2025.</p> <p>The application has been filed by the applicant
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Adapting to transboundary risks in mountain regions
This brief examines solutions on the Adaptation at Altitude Solutions Portal that have been implemented either across borders or in multiple countries with shared borders. These transboundary solutions
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Resource book for springshed management in the mountainous regions of India
This book contains 11 chapters covering various essential aspects of spring-shed management like database assessment, standard definitions and classifications, mapping methodologies, discharge measurement
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Order of the Supreme Court regarding use of clay paver blocks and plying of e-rickshaws, Matheran, Maharashtra, 10/01/2024
<p>Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of In Re: T N Godavarman Thirumulpad Vs Union of India & Others dated 10/01/2024.</p> <p>Counsel for the state of Maharashtra informed the apex
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Restoring mountain ecosystems: challenges, case studies and recommendations for implementing the UN Decade Principles for Mountain Ecosystem Restoration
Mountains are home to a variety of ecosystems that provide vital services directly to 1.1 billion people and billions of others living in connected lowland areas. Half of humanity depends on mountains
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State of the cryosphere 2023: two degrees is too high
The State of the Cryosphere 2023 – Two Degrees is Too High report shows that all of the Earth’s frozen parts will experience irreversible damage at 2°C of global warming, with disastrous consequences for
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Understanding and quantifying mountain tourism
While mountain tourism has become an increasingly relevant motivation for travel, data on its size and impact remains scarce, a new report from the UN agencies the Food and Agriculture Organization of
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Mountains in a changing climate
This nexus brief synthesizes the findings of recent publications on mountains and climate change, in particular IPCC Cross-Chapter Paper 5: Mountains (2022) and the OECD Development Co-operation Working